Comparative mythology corpus

Fable Generated By Misunderstood Word Or Epithet

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Buddhist Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 INDIAN TALES FROM TIBETAN SOURCES. / THE RELIGIONS OF INDIA. / BY A. BARTH. / FOOTNOTES:; lines 17304-17417 high Haŋsa is translated as Goose but explained as more exactly a wild duck; 'golden' describes colour, and the note says applying 'golden' to goose gave rise to the Goose with the Golden Eggs as a myth born of a word-puzzle. record